Believe It Or Not

The Lego Movie Directors To Reboot The Greatest American Hero

In the current Hollywood climate, it seems inevitable that someone would reboot the popular 80s television show, The Greatest American Hero. But who would it be? Believe it or not, it's Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the team behind The Lego Movie and Clone High.

Lord and Miller are suiting up for a revival of the Stephen J. Cannell-produced cult classic that spawned the best answering machine message ever. The series, which ran from 1981 to 1983 on ABC, followed a teacher (played by William Katt) who is given an alien suit that gives him superhero powers that he doesn't especially want and doesn't know how to use. Along with Katt, the series starred Connie Selleca and Robert Culp. According to the details reported by Deadline, it doesn't sound like the Fox reboot will stray too far from the original:

The new Greatest American Hero will chronicle inner-city teacher
Isaac’s adventures after his discovery of a superhero suit that gives
him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately for Isaac, he hates wearing
the suit and has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error
because he quickly misplaces the suit’s instructions... and struggles
as to whether he should use his newfound gifts to help others or just
himself.

Lord and Miller have experience updating the work of Cannell, as they were responsible for bringing another of his popular series, 21 Jumpstreet, out of the vault. Hoping to repeat the success they saw with the reboot of that franchise, they’ve hand-picked 22 Jump Street co-writer Rodney Rothman to write the series. Tawnia McKiernan, a television director who is the daughter of Cannell, will executive produce the series.

The show is streaming on Hulu, so fans can relive its glorious past while waiting for its future iteration. Be forewarned though: with a reboot in the works, there's little chance that the world will escape the return of the plague that is the show's insanely catchy theme song.